| (a) The commissioner of the General Land Office is chairman of the board and administrator of the Veterans Land Program as provided in the Texas Constitution, Article III, §49-b, as amended, the Natural Resources Code, Chapter 161, as amended, and shall perform the duties and functions of the board prescribed by law except for those duties and functions reserved to the board as provided in the Natural Resources Code, §161.061 which shall be performed by the board. (b) The chief clerk of the General Land Office may perform any of the duties of the chairman if the chairman is sick, absent, dies, or resigns. (c) The board shall select an executive secretary and may select an assistant executive secretary, each of whom shall be nominated by the chairman and approved by a majority of the board. The executive secretary and assistant executive secretary shall perform all duties required of them by the board. (1) The chairman of the board may delegate any of his nondiscretionary responsibilities to the executive secretary and the assistant executive secretary, including the execution of veterans' purchase contracts, easements, and deeds when loans are paid in full. (2) The assistant executive secretary may perform any of the duties of the executive secretary, when and as requested by the chairman or executive secretary. |
